Vehicle-wheel rim.



Patented Nov. 8, 1910.

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STEPHEN A. HUNTLEY, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT ANDMESNE ASSIGNMENTS, QF ONE-THIRD TO GEORGE W. SLATER AND ONE-THIRD TJOSEPH M. BENHAM, BOTH OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, AND ONE-THIRD TO W. E.OTIS, JR,

015 RENO, NEVADA.

VEHICLE-WHEEL RIM.

Patented Nov. 8, 1910.

Application filed April 28, 1909. Serial Nb. 492,757.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN A. Hon'r- L'nY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson 1 a transversesectional view of the rim.

and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Vein-- cle-VVheel Rims, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to wheel rims, and has specially in view a rimmade in separable sections so that a tire carried thereby may be quicklyremoved, or one section of the rim removed to permit access to be had tothe tire for repairs and the like.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved wheel rimcomposed of two sections held together in interlocking wedgingengagement and means for locking them in such engagement.

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the improved sectional rim. Fig.2 is a similar view of the main section thereof. Fig. 3 is Fig. l is asectional view taken on the line +l4., Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a sectionalview taken on the line 55, Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a detail sectional viewtaken 011 the line 6G, Fig. i. Fig. 7 is a detail sectional viewtaken-on the line T7, Fig. 2.

Referring to said drawings by numerals 1 designates the primary sectionof the rim and 2 the auxiliary section thereof. Said two sections areeach provided with a rounded upstanding flange on its outer edge,designatcd by the numerals 3 and 1 which clench with the base of a tirein the usual manner. The primary section 1 has an inwardly projectingportion 5 which is formed with a tread portion 5 and a ring-like portionof less width than the body portion and has one side which is flat, asindicated at 6 and. is provided at regular intervals with recesses 7 andalternating wedging portions 8, said recesses being connected by meansof a groove 9 which extends between the wedg-' ing portions and the saidfiat portion 6. The auxiliary section 2 is formed with a fiat abutmentface 10 and a tread side .10

and with alternating recesses and wedging portions'll and 12 similar tothe recesses and wedging portions of the primary section 1 and with aninwardly projecting annular rim which fits snugly against the rimlikeportion 5 of the primary section. Said section 2 is also provided withtwo or more outstanding lugs 13 having a flat end 14. Handles 15 arehinged to lugs '16 carried by said section 2, said handles having theirfree ends bifurcated as indicated at 17 and inturned, as is shown moreclearly in Fig. 5 of the drawings.

In assembling the two sections together, they are manipulated to causethe wedging portions of one .section to enter the recesses of the othersection when the sections are turned on each other in oppositedirections, the flange of one section moving lengthwise in the groove ofthe otherisection till the wedging portions of the flanges interlock,after which the handles 15 are turned inwardly so that their forked orbifurcated en-ds will engage with the spokes of the wheel and preventthe sections from becoming unlocked. To disconnect the sections thehandles may be used to separate the sections, or if additional force isrequired, a tool may be inserted between the forked end of said handleso as to use the leverage for prying against the spokes and therebyforce said sections in opposite directions and break the wedgingengagement between them. Should the sections become tightly iammedtogether, it will be seen that the.

sponding portions of the main section, said auxiliary section having aplurality of lugs In testimony whereof I hereunto aifix my projecktlinlgtherciafrom, and if lever dpigvgted signature in presence of twowitnesses.

to eac ug an having its ree en i urcated, said bifurcated end beingdesigned to STEPHEN HUNTLEY' engage opposite sides of the spokes of theWitnesses: v

wheel to prevent displa'cementof the sec- GEO. W. SLATER,

tions. H; C. SCHROEDER.

